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They said they heard the sound of a locomotive getting closer to them as the leaves on the nearby trees started to blow. They then heard the sound of a train's horn - even though there are no rail lines for miles around. Convinced what they heard was a train, the pair looked into the history of the town centre area and discovered a train line did once run at the back of the police station - but many years ago. A spokesman for the Swadlincote Police Safer Neighbourhood Team said: "PCs Joe Stafford and Whitney Holmes-Small were getting ready...

STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a man who was waiting with several friends for a "ghost train" from a North Carolina legend was killed when a real train came down the tracks. Iredell County Sheriff Phil Redmond says 29-year-old Christopher Kaiser of Charlotte was killed about 2:45 a.m. Friday as he waited with friends at a railroad trestle. Redmond says witnesses said about 12 people were on the trestle hoping to see a ghost train when the real train rounded a bend......